The disparate treatment of similar acts is a key indicator of a legal system that is moving into the dangerous territory of being an attack dog against enemies of the ruling party. Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden removed documents from the White House following their tenures in office (Biden served as vice president during the Obama Administration.) Trump has been pursued vigorously. Biden has not, despite the fact that Biden’s offense was more severe for two vital reasons. First, Biden did not have the authority, as VP, to declassify. Second, a portion of Biden’s documents were held at a location that made them open to Chinese agents.
The bias extends to more than just officials. During the Black Lives/Antifa riots that lasted an entire summer, buildings were burned, people died, shops were looted, federal courthouses were attacked, police stations were invaded, and so-called independent zones were established. Not much was done to punish the perpetrators. Indeed, some Democrat leaders even help raise funds for the few who were prosecuted. On the other hand, protestors who engaged in a one-day incident in which they trespassed into the Capitol building causing little damage have been prosecuted extensively and given draconian sentences.
A particularly serious example can be seen in the treatment of parents who protest the bizarre concepts advocated and supported by Democrats in public schools. When the practice of allowing boys into girl’s bathrooms (because they happened to “feel like a girl on any particular day”) resulted in the rape of a young female student, the father of the girl objected vigorously. He was later prosecuted for his actions, and parents who stood up for their children’s safety have been labelled “domestic terrorists.” It is a central tenet of authoritarian regimes that the state, not the parent, has authority over a child.
The Second Amendment allows Americans to possess weapons, a concept hated by totalitarians. Attacks on it and on institutions that defend that right have been under consistent attack. New Mexico’s Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) used a public health order to ban firearms in Albuquerque. President Biden has created an agency supposedly to prevent gun violence, but there can be little doubt that his goal is the reduction of gun ownership. On the other hand, he seeks to dramatically increase the number of armed individuals loyal to his Administration, under the guise of IRS agents.
The current White House has repeatedly ignored Constitutional limits on its power. Biden has attempted to spend billions of dollars on a student loan forgiveness program that ignores the role of Congress in budget matters. He has willfully and knowingly wholly ignored federal law on immigration by letting in over three million illegals, again rejecting limits on his authority.
Which brings up the next step on the road to reducing freedom: diluting the concept of citizenry. Biden’s refusal to immigration law has allowed three million illegals to enter the U.S. Border patrol agents and others have warned that Chinese agents, drug cartel members, human traffickers, and terrorists have infiltrated that number as well as those seeking economic benefits. As the crisis has grown to the point where mayors, governors, and law enforcement personnel have begged for change, the White House has doubled down by promising work permits for the illegals. The concept of being a citizen protected by borders and a commonly acknowledged Constitution and a Bill of Rights, is an obstacle to ultimate power. Bringing in individuals or groups without that understanding eases the way for unchecked authority.
Corrupt politicians have existed on both sides of the political aisle. But never before has a major party engaged in a so determined and skillful assault on freedom. Mark Levin warns that “The Democrat Party stands for the relentless pursuit of power and control. America was founded on the principle of individual and human liberty…If the Democrat Party succeeds, the American experiment will have failed.”
Frank Vernuccio, Jr. J.D. serves as editor-in-chief of the New York Analysis of Policy and Government
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